[MissTargets]

You guys do such a good job on defending rights and freedoms, that I normally don't chime in on these smoking threads. I posted this one, so I had to make some replys. I do read them all thou. We take a lot of hits as smokers. It's nice to see that there are FReepers who do not smoke, still defend freedoms.

I have yet to see on the gun related threads, people calling for more "gun control"

[Gabz]

The only type of gun control I favor is two steady hands.

The only type of smoking bans I favor are those imposed by the owner of the property. So I applaud Applebee's for making this decision on their own without (known) government force.

With that said, I just hope that Applebee's will now just get out of the issue altogether, instead of jumping on the ban-wagon (that is intentional spelling) and pushing government forced bans on other businesses. I watched it happen in Delaware, where the chain-restaurant controlled Restaurant Association backed the smoking ban as long as there were no exceptions for bars and casinos.